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“These are not armed criminals, and that's the way they were treated, ... And I find that terrifying that that would take place in the United States of America.”
Connie Mack
“received specific assurances from the president of the United States that force would not be used in the middle of the night. Clearly, that pledge was broken.”
“What I had hoped would happen, happened; it was a recognition that we weren't that far apart.”
“There were very, very strong differences of opinion of the status of the negotiations that were taking place,”
“Can anyone really justify the use of force, breaking into a family home at the point of a gun, ripping a little 6-year-old boy away and then say afterwards that they're proud of the operation, and that it was in the boy's best interests? Give me a break,”
“The question is whether this government should use force to remove a 6-year-old boy from a family home in America. That's the question. And I think it is outrageous. I think it is horrifying to tell you the truth, that we would use excessive force like that,”
“in the best interest of the young man.”
“I would stress that the legislation I am proposing does not dictate an outcome,”
“If the INS had stuck with its earlier position that it was a case about custody ... then everyone would have felt that an open, fair process had been followed,”
“The notion is probably somewhere between $250,000 to $350,000.”
